Shaft-holder



(No Model.)

A. GETZSGHMANN.

SHAFT HOLDER. I No. 328,209. Patented Oct. 13, 1885.

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UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

AMANDUS GETZSGHMANN, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

SHAFT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,209, dated October13, 1885.

Application filed February 9, 1834. Renewed August 26, 1885. Serial No.175,525.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AMANDUS Gnrzson- MANN, of Omaha, in the county ofDouglas and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and ImprovedShaft-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedshaft-holder, which is so constructed that the shafts cannot bind on thesame, and which shaftholder will not Wear off as rapidly as the shaftholders or loops usually used.

The invention consists in a shaft-holder formed of a top leather partand a curved metal rod held on the same, on which rod a series ofanti-friction rollers or thimbles are mounted.

The invention also consists in parts and details, as will be fully setforth and described hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a face View of my improved shaft-holder with the shaft insection. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation ofthe socket-plate for holding the end of the curved rod. Fig. 4 isacrosssectional view of one of the anti-friction thimbles and the curvedrod.

The loop or holder is formed of an upper U shaped or semicircular upperpart,A,made of leather, and of a lower part, B, shaped in a like manner,and formed of a metal rod,preferably iron. One end of the rod B isflattened and riveted to one end of the leather part A, and the otherend of the rod B is passed into a socket, 0, formed on a plate, D,riveted to the opposite end of the part A, which socket is provided witha screw, E, for holding the end of the rod B in the socket.

On the rod B a series of thimbles, F, are loosely mounted, each thimblebeing formed of a metal ring, G, surrounded by a rubber ring, H.

The loop is suspended from the backstrap, J, on which the part A isheld, and the bellyband K is held by a ring on the rod B.

(No model.)

If the thimbles are worn out,the' end of the curved rod B is removedfrom the socket O,

the thimbles are removed and replaced by others. The thimbles supportthe shaft and permit it to move freely in the loop or shaftholderwithout binding.

Any other suitable anti-friction rings or rollers can be used in placeof the thimbles shown and described.

As the shafts move forward and backward in the holders the saddle cannotrub the horses back sore.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A shaft-holder formed of an upper leather part, A,and a lower metallic part, B, consisting of a curved rod, on which rodantifriction thimbles or rollers are mounted, the said rod being securedat its ends to the ends of the leather part and forming the lowersection of the loop, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a shaft-holder, the combination, with the leather top part, A. ofthe curved metallic rod B,having one end riveted to the leather part andthe other end held in a socket on the leather part, and of anti-frictionrollers or thimbles on the curved rod, the said rod forming the lowersection of the loop,substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a shaft-holder, the combination, with the upper leather part, A,of the curved rod AMANDUS GETZSCHMANN.

WVitnesses:

G. B. NELsoN, JOHN AHMANSON.

